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Neighbors react to loss of Deltona mother, 2 children

Volusia County deputies continue looking for the bodies of Yessenia Suarez and her two young children.

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Updated: 11:54 PM EDT Oct 24, 2013

Neighbors react to loss of Deltona mother, 2 children

Volusia County deputies continue looking for the bodies of Yessenia Suarez and her two young children.

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Updated: 11:54 PM EDT Oct 24, 2013

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WEBVTT MOMMY MISS YOU. MY HEART IS BROKEN. TONIGHT A YOUNG MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE DEAD. A HEART-BREAKING SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR THEIR BODIES. I'M JIM PAYNE. I'M MARTHA SUGALSKI. VOLUSIA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION FOCUSES AROUND THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND. HE'S IN JAIL AND THE ONLY PERSON OF INTEREST IN THIS CASE. TONIGHT WESH TWO HAS LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. WE START LIVE IN DELTONA, WHERE THE FAMILY WAS INFORMED OF THEIR DEATH. REPORTER: HER LOVED ONES KNOW IT'S A PLACE SHE AND HER TWO CHILDREN WILL NEVER RETURN TO. THEY WERE JUST TOO SHAKEN TO GO ON CAMERA. AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVEN NEIGHBORS IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE BARELY HOLDING UP. I JUST STARTED TO CRY. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. REPORTER: NEIGHBORS WHO DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE ONE OF THEIR OWN WENT MISSING, CLUNG TOGETHER AFTER LEARNING THE 28-YEAR OLD, HER TWO SWEET CHILDREN, 8 AND 9-YEAR OLD MICHAEL AND -- ARE DEAD -- MURDERED. ESPECIALLY FOR THE GRANDMOTHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH. REPORTER: THE GRANDMOTHER WAS ALREADY JUST BARELY HOLDING ON EARLIER WHEN SHE WAS STILL HOLDING OUT HOME THE FAMILY WOULD BE FOUND, PLEADING WITH THE PERSON OF INTEREST, HER HUSBAND, TO GIVE HER ANSWERS. PLEASE. PLEASE I BEG YOU. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. REPORTER: SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS WON'T TELL US HOW THEY KNOW THE FAMILY IS DEAD, WHAT EVIDENCE IS UNCOVERED, ONLY THEY ARE SURE WORKING NOW TO FIND THE BODIES. WE CONFIRMED SHE COOPERATING FROM JAIL. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE INCIDENT. THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN DISAPPEARED TUESDAY NIGHT. I'M STILL HOPING HE DIDN'T DO IT. REPORTER REPORTER: SHE SAID THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. SHE SAID HER DAUGHTER HEARD SCREAMS ABOUT THE TIME THEY VANISHED. IT WAS KIND OF SAD, YOU KNOW. WE FELT LIKEWE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING WHEN WE NEVER DID, YOU KNOW? IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING FOR EVERYBODY. REPORTER: BACK LIVE NOW. AT THIS POINT, INVESTIGATORS TELL US HE IS BEING CALLED "A PERSON OF INTEREST" AND HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED. INVESTIGATORS TELL ME THEY WILL CONTINUE THE SEARCH FOR THE BODIES IN THESE

Neighbors react to loss of Deltona mother, 2 children

Volusia County deputies continue looking for the bodies of Yessenia Suarez and her two young children.